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Ibrahim Mubarak, co-founder of Portland's homeless camps Dignity Village, Right to Survive and Right 2 Dream Too, shares his experience at a Thursday night meeting with Roseburg residents interested in establishing a local camp.

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Jeri Benedetto of Oakland reads a prepared statement at the opening of a meeting held Thursday to discuss the possibility of establishing a camp for the homeless in Roseburg.

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Darek Ball, a Myrtle Creek resident and member of Occupy Roseburg, left, speaks at Thursday's meeting in Roseburg to discuss creating legal camping sites for the homeless. At right is Douglas County Housing and Homeless Coalition resource developer Ian Smith.

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Ian Smith, resource developer for the Douglas County Housing and Homeless Coalition, speaks about how to develop a camp for the homeless in Roseburg. To his left is Occupy Roseburg member Darek Ball. Homeless Roseburg resident Eric MacRis is on his right.